Chapter 17 | Page 14b: First-Date Tension

In today’s Evil Inc, Yazmine Velour pitches a viral strategy built entirely on first-date tension — because nothing hooks an audience like awkward chemistry and unresolved feelings. Unfortunately for Captain Heroic, his real-life situation may be trending in a very different direction…


Commissions: Get on the List

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I’m opening a limited number of commission slots — first come, first served. (And vice versa)

Patreon backers get first crack, then I’ll open whatever remains to the public.

Get in touch here — https://www.evil-inc.com/contact/

If you’ve ever wanted to direct your own Evil Inc moment… this is your shot.


November Collection: No Subscription Required

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Inside:

  • Evil Inc After Dark #79

  • A Monster Girl Poll

  • No Nut November cartoons

  • The EiAD Double Crossed eComic ( (46 pages)

  • A sneak peek at the upcoming Udders book

  • And spicy commissions featuring Cassie Cruz, Miss Match, and Captain Scarr

Dip a toe in… and if you like what you see, there’s a whole ocean waiting.

Transcript

Panel 1
Caption: “A little later…”
Captain Heroic: “I can’t believe we’re having this discussion!”

Panel 2
Yazmine Velour: “The video of you and the waitress did monster numbers! —but we need to come back with something big before we miss our moment!”

Panel 3
Yazmine (off-panel): “I was thinking about a public break-up scene…”
“—really torture your shippers!”

Panel 4
Captain Heroic: “Break up?? We’re not even dating!”

Panel 5
Yazmine: “I like the way you think! There’s no tension like first-date tension!”

Panel 6
Captain Heroic (thinking as he looks at his phone): “There isn’t? Try last-date tension.”
Phone text from Miss Match: “We need to talk.”

This Week in Villainy: Salvation Run






Taking stock in super-villains


Salvation Run 1: The villains of the DC universe all take a huge leap in VQ ratings this week as Salvation Run 1 hits newsstands today. The first issues of the seven-part Salvation Run looks to be an extremely promising read. From DC:

“Don’t miss the stunning debut issue of a 7-part miniseries written by Bill Willingham (SHADOWPACT, FABLES) with art by superstar Sean Chen (Iron Man, X-Men: The End) and Walden Wong (COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY, DAY OF VENGEANCE)! The world has finally had enough of the villains of the DCU — so they’re exiling the evildoers to another planet, where they’ll be left to their own diabolical devices! Who will thrive…and who will survive?”

I’m in. The DC villains as a group earn a VQ rating of 8.

Don’t let me down, fellas. I got all excited over the villain angle in Countdown only to be rewarded with week after week of thinly veiled gay jokes between Pied Piper and the Trickster…



(If you have a suggestion for “TWiV,” please let me know.)